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Squarespace permissions explained

Last updated September 05, 2017 21:14

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If you have multiple contributors, you can use permissions to limit access to areas of the site that are relevant to each contributor's work. This guide explains what each contributor role can and can't do so you can decide which permissions to give to your site management team.

Tips

You can give a contributor multiple roles.

To publish blog posts by a different authors without giving them contributor permissions, add them as basic authors instead.

Design access

Analytics access

Site Owner

Administrator

Content Editor

Billing

Store Manager

View Analytics

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Who receives email notifications

Contributors receive automated email notifications from Squarespace based on their permissions and what they typically need to see. To manage your subscriptions for these emails, visit the Subscriptions tab of your contributor profile.

Note: Administrators and contributors with Billing permissions receive important emails related to your site's billing status. Since these contain essential information, it isn't possible to disable these notifications.

Site owner

Administrator

Content Editor

Billing

Store Manager

Billing

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Comments

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Commerce orders

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Domain verification

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Reporting, Trusted Commenters, and Comment Moderators

Reporting, Trusted Commenters, and Comment Moderators have specialized permission levels. Since they're designed for very specific purposes, they only have access to a few areas.